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Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Friday, November 22nd.

Russia's conflict with Ukraine has escalated this week, with both sides using new weapons,

and Moscow warning it could become a global war. Russian President Vladimir Putin said his

forces launched a new medium-range ballistic missile at a Ukrainian city yesterday,

as retaliation for Ukraine using American and British longer-range weapons.

CNN's Fred Plitken is in Moscow, and we asked him how the rest of the world is responding.

Hey Joe, the West and specifically the United States are taking the Russian missile strike

extremely seriously.

The US saying it was an experimental, intermediate range, ballistic missile that was used.

But one of the things that also has the US concerned is that Vladimir Putin, the Russian president,

said that Russia believes it has the right and is entitled to strike military objects of Western nations that allow Ukraine

to use their gear to strike deep into Russia.

Obviously, that's a big issue considering the U.S. has just allowed Ukraine to use American-made

attack-em's surface-to-surface missiles to strike deep inside Russia.

Pam Bondi is president-elect Donald Trump's

new pick for Attorney General. His last choice, Matt Gates, withdrew his name from consideration,

over growing controversy about a House Ethics Committee investigation. So who is Bondi,

and will her selection raise less eyebrows? That's what we've asked

CNN's Elena Trine. While Jo Pim Bondi was a local Florida prosecutor for 18 years, she was also

elected the state's first female attorney general in 2010 during which she tried unsuccessfully

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